When it comes to selecting your room on a cruise these days, there can be over 20 different types of rooms to chose from. Some rooms  below the waterline are barely more than closets with cramped quarters and no windows, while others are spacious luxury suites. The Four Seasons recently launched a cruise ship that  Continue Reading »

Royal Caribbean recently launched the world’s largest cruise ship. The Liberty of the Seas pulled into Southampton on 22 April, through a packed pier amidst a cheering crowd. The ship can accommodate 4,375 guests and 1,360 crew and weighs 160,000-tonnes. On board passengers can entertain themselves by ice skating, watching films in the 1,350-seat theatre,  Continue Reading »

The past two weeks have seen two passengers go overboard from cruise ships. On 16 March, Michael Mankamyer, 35, fell off a Carnival Glory liner off the Florida coast. After having been rescued eight hours later, he said, “Alcohol took over with my medication.” A young couple went overboard the Grand Princess last weekend, to  Continue Reading »

Most people think of cruising in the Caribbean, across the ocean or in the sunny Mediterranean but perhaps one of the most beautiful routes, and one of the most accessible for North Americans, is up Canada’s West Coast, from Vancouver to Alaska. These cruises generally book up fast, so if you’re planning to be anywhere  Continue Reading »